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. 2022 May 2;9(4):494–500. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13456

TABLE 2.

Longitudinal association of exercise or rehabilitation therapy with odds of hospital encounter

Exercise duration** Exercise intensity Physical therapy use Occupational therapy use Physical therapy referral at middle visit
Co‐variates OR SE P value OR SE P value OR SE P value OR SE P value OR SE P value
Follow‐up time (y) 1.09 0.01 <0.001 1.09 0.01 <0.001 1.01 0.006 <0.001 1.09 0.006 <0.001
Age* 1.14 0.034 <0.001 1.14 0.034 <0.001 1.12 0.02 <0.001 1.15 0.02 <0.001 1.26 0.146 0.114
H&Y 2.5–3 1.34 0.077 <0.001 1.35 0.077 <0.001 1.36 0.044 <0.001 1.41 0.044 <0.001 1.08 0.315 0.81
H&Y 4–5 1.27 0.237 0.307 1.28 0.237 0.301 1.41 0.1 <0.001 1.39 0.101 0.001 2.15 0.579 0.187
TUG time (s)* 1.06 0.043 0.167 1.07 0.043 0.145 1.14 0.021 <0.001 1.14 0.021 <0.001 1.08 0.069 0.246
Cognition z score 0.967 0.047 0.474 0.961 0.047 0.397 0.909 0.028 <0.001 0.936 0.028 0.02 1.2 0.209 0.382
Variable of interest 0.899 0.03 <0.001 0.927 0.03 0.012 2.15 0.031 <0.001 2.87 0.044 <0.001 0.84 0.146 0.241
*

Age and TUG time were standardized based on the mean and SD values at the baseline visit.

**

Exercise duration was standardized using the mean and SD of all observations.

Abbreviations: H&Y, Hoehn and Yahr; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; TUG, Timed Up and Go.